HISTORY 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Joel Mokyr, Kenneth Pomeranz, Zheng He
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Sino-european relations: 90% of chi(cid:374)a"s i(cid:373)ports fro(cid:373) europe (cid:449)as sil(cid:448)er i(cid:374) e(cid:454)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge for (cid:373)a(cid:374)ufa(cid:272)tured goods that. Joel mokyr vs. kenneth pomeranz debate: joel mok(cid:455)r"s the lever of riches. 1500-1750: not necessarily a revolutionary period, but an age of science since there were not many (cid:862)game-changing(cid:863) inventions like the steam engine due to a lack of technological capability. China became economically stunted at the same time europe experienced many (cid:862)(cid:373)i(cid:272)ro-i(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374)s(cid:863) su(cid:272)h as seed drills and salted fish (herrings: joel mok(cid:455)r"s culture of growth. Europe has a culture of growth in this proto revolutionary period (1500-1750) Europe is broken into a lot of many states. Multiple states are incentivized to compete with one another to generate more micro-inventions and economic growth. Galileo galilei is imprisoned but his work is still published in other countries (china could imprison influential thinkers and prevent its people from seeing their work) Christopher columbus pedals the idea that you can sail east to reach the west.